Queen were an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Brian May, lead vocalist Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Taylor, with bassist John Deacon completing the lineup the following year.
The band is noted for their musical diversity, multi-layered arrangements, vocal harmonies, and incorporation of audience participation into their live performances.[1] Their 1985 Live Aid performance was voted the best live rock performance of all time in an industry poll.[2]
Queen enjoyed success in the UK in the early 1970s with the albums Queen and Queen II, but it was with the release of Sheer Heart Attack in 1974 and A Night at the Opera the following year that the band gained international success. They have released fifteen studio albums, five live albums, and numerous compilation albums. Eighteen of these have reached number one on charts around the world.
Following Mercury's death in 1991 and Deacon's retirement in 1997,[3] May and Taylor have performed infrequently under the Queen name. Since 2004 they have been collaborating with Paul Rodgers, under the moniker Queen + Paul Rodgers.
Many films have featured their songs or sections of their songs. These include:
Flash Gordon
FM
Highlander
Iron Eagle
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
Kicking & Screaming
Moulin Rouge!
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon
The Break-up
Small Soldiers
Son in Law
Encino Man
Stepmom
High Fidelity
Super Size Me
The Girl Next Door
Mr. Wrong
Revenge of the Nerds
10th Kingdom
Wayne's World D2: The Mighty Ducks
Shaun of the Dead
How High
Happy Feet
Chicken Little
Cheaper By The Dozen 2
Grosse Pointe Blank
Blackball
Blades of Glory
A Knight's Tale
Mickey Blue Eyes
Super Mario Bros.
Ella Enchanted
The Pacifier
Late Last Night
Peter's Friends
The Heartbreak Kid
Imax The Alps
Zoom
What Happens in Vegas
Failure to Launch
Step Brothers
Hit Singles:Title of song - Album - Year
"Seven Seas of Rhye" - Queen II - 1974
"Killer Queen" - Sheer Heart Attack - 1974
"Now I'm Here" - Sheer Heart Attack - 1975
"Bohemian Rhapsody" - A Night at the Opera - 1975
"You're My Best Friend" - A Night at the Opera - 1976
"Somebody to Love" - A Day at the Races - 1976
"Tie Your Mother Down" - A Day at the Races - 1977
"Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" - A Day at the Races - 1977
"We are the Champions" and "We Will Rock You" - News of the World - 1977
"Spread Your Wings" - News of the World - 1978
"Fat Bottomed Girls" and "Bicycle Race" - Jazz - 1978
"Don't Stop Me Now" - Jazz - 1978
"Love of My Life" (Live) - A Night at the Opera - 1979
"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" - The Game - 1979
"Save Me" - The Game - 1980
"Play the Game" - The Game - 1980
"Another One Bites the Dust" - The Game - 1980
"Flash" - Flash Gordon - 1980
"Under Pressure" - Hot Space - 1981
"Body Language" - Hot Space - 1982
"Las Palabras de Amor" - Hot Space - 1982
"Back Chat" - Hot Space - 1982
"Radio Ga Ga" - The Works - 1984
"I Want to Break Free" - The Works - 1984
"It's a Hard Life" - The Works - 1984
"Hammer to Fall" - The Works - 1984
"Thank God It's Christmas" - 1984
"One Vision" - A Kind of Magic - 1985
"A Kind of Magic" - A Kind of Magic - 1986
"Friends Will Be Friends" - A Kind of Magic - 1986
"Who Wants to Live Forever" - A Kind of Magic - 1986
"I Want It All" - The Miracle - 1989
"Breakthru" - The Miracle - 1989
"The Invisible Man" - The Miracle - 1989
"Scandal" - The Miracle - 1989
"The Miracle" - The Miracle
"Innuendo" - Innuendo - 1991
"I'm Going Slightly Mad" - Innuendo - 1991
"Headlong" - Innuendo - 1991
"The Show Must Go On" - Innuendo - 1991
"Bohemian Rhapsody" and "These Are the Days of Our Lives" - A Night at the Opera - 1991
"Heaven for Everyone" - Made in Heaven - 1995
"A Winter's Tale" - Made in Heaven - 1995
"Too Much Love Will Kill You" - Made in Heaven - 1996
"Let Me Live" - Made in Heaven - 1996
"You Don't Fool Me" - Made in Heaven - 1996
"No-One But You (Only the Good Die Young)" - 1998
"C-lebrity" - The Cosmos Rocks - 2008
